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Newspaper
Seal Beach Post And Wave
Location
Seal Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1945
Page
1
A 1936 column contrasts careless drivers with careful ones, urging readers to consider motorists who flout traffic laws and signals. It argues the careless, egoistic driver will reap disaster, while careful driving deserves consideration from all on the road.
Fishermen from Orange and Los Angeles Counties travel to the Municipal Pier each weekend as fish continue to take bait and fill baskets. A sunny weekend drew many sportsmen from a large area who caught numerous small fish along the pier.
Seal Beach officials awarded Art Lescher and C M Stocken the pier concession after their November bid. The contract guarantees at least $14 000 over five years plus 5 percent of annual ticket receipts over 15 000. Lescher Stocken gain exclusive pier rights including mussel removal, boat operations, and a pier restaurant with repairs at their expense. J Jolly Jones credited for driving a new Post Office at 308 Main Street in the Gamner Building.
Maintenance Foreman Roy Thomas said that enlarging the city sewage disposal plant and maintenance yard is progressing well. Over 200 loads of dirt have been dumped on the 2.6 acres acquired to expand the plant. Existing maintenance buildings will be moved and new ones added as the disposal plant is overhauled to meet growing city needs. Plans for relaying water mains are nearly complete, and laying a sewer from the Seal Beach Trailer Park to the disposal plant was due to be completed this week.
Advertises a buyback appeal at the Post and Wave Office, 221 Main Street, offering 18 cents per pound for clean white rags.
Seal Beach district surpasses its bond sale quotas with figures nearing $400,000 in E and other bonds for individuals and corporations as the Victory Bond drive continues through December 8. Chairman Frank Shufelt thanks volunteers across Seal Beach, Los Alamitos, Sunset Beach, and Surfside Colony, noting more than $1,000,000 in district bonds sold over six drives. The campaign highlights community support and gratitude from War Finance officials.
Chief of Police Lee Howard urged merchants to guard against check forgery during the holiday rush. He cited an educational campaign with Chief Frank J. Wilson and the Secret Service and urged careful acceptance of government or commercial checks from strangers. Store personnel should initial checks and note identification details, with special caution for juveniles as forged checks rise. The number of government forged checks has fallen from 99 per million in 1939 to 38 per million now.
Scattered high cloudiness persists through the day with fog near the coast during night and morning hours. Temperature trends upward slowly as daytime highs lift gradually, shaping a mild to warm coastal outlook.
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